VR Likely Not in Nintendo Switch's Future

No Virtual Boy Advance(ments) on the Switch for now.

By
Hope Corrigan

Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime appears to have dashed any hopes of VR coming to the Nintendo Switch anytime soon.

During Variety's Entertainment and Tech Summit, Fils-Aime commented on the prospect of seeing the technology come to Switch, saying the “problem with VR is that there aren’t a lot of experiences that are truly fun." There are no plans to experiment with VR capabilities, Variety reports, the company may consider the technology in the future.

Fils-Aime's comments come following a patent filed last year showing a Switch VR accessory, as well as Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima's comments earlier this year that "If we are able to resolve the issues with playing [VR] comfortably for long hours, we will support it in one form or another."

Fils-Aime's comments to Variety would suggest that, had any work been done by the company to attempt to make a VR accessory, there are currently no plans to continue that work in the immediate future.

Fils-Aime also confirmed that Nintendo believes the future of video game home consoles is still a bright one, which has been reinforced by the success of the Nintendo Switch and games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild.